Oh dear heavens, my college alumni association found me. Slick, shiny magazine showed up in my mailbox, full of many pages of how fundementalist Christians should view fundementalist Muslims, and one page of begging for donations.

No offense to those of us who are with the ovaries and whatnot, but there was a VERY good reason most my friends in high school and college were guys.

Oh goodness, a world of this. Though even some of those are dropping the ball, when you think on it. I'm wondering if I'm reaching another "shed some old friends, make some new ones" phase. Shame is I don't add more than I lose.

Catching up on all the talk of food made my lunch seem inadequate. I spent the holiday with family, and though I brought home many side dish leftovers, I ended up with neither turkey nor pie. Woes.

Thankfully, my nephews continue to be adorable, and my BiL's parents decided not to start any crap this year.

Please send motivation. Mine's run off somewhere.

{{{Bitches}}}

Has anyone here had a migraine where they see something that looks like a lightening bolt obscuring their vision in one eye? I don't get migraines, but I got the eye thing last night for the second time. The first time was a year ago, and the emergency room I went to seem to think it was an occular migraine.

Yes, sj. I get all sorts of vision symptoms with my migraines (actually, I get those more than bad headaches, when I get migraines). Sometimes, it looks like the rays on the top half of the sun (but I can't see the sun). Sometimes, there's just no vision in one eye. Sometimes, it's like a flashbulb went off. I can't say I've had the lightning bolt shape, but it still sounds like a migraine to me.

It's interesting you had it about a year ago. That makes me think there's an allergy trigger or tie-in, or else you're eating more of something at Thanksgiving, than you would at other times, that is triggering you.

sj, sounds like it to me.

ION, decorating by yourself isn't nearly as fun as decorating with other people.

Thanks Cindy and vw, I am glad it sounds at least like something people have heard of, because I went into a horrible panick attack when it happened. The original doctor thought it might be related to the dryness of winter last year, so I think it is seasonal. After it went away I got the headache and nausea that I have heard people mention with migraines. I still feel kind of crappy today.

yay

hugs internets

it was all gone. luckily I checked the cable modem , which some how became upplugged

All my best friends have been girls/women. All my guy friends have eventually ended up making moves on me. Based solely on my own experience, I think that guys only befriend girls that they are interested in dating and hope they get lucky one day.

I have more male friends now than ever. I think I'm too much woman for most of them, though.

sj, I would take something (I got them a lot when pregnant, so I still try Tylenol first out of habit, but there are better OTC medications), lie down in the dark, then have coffee before I came back into a lighted room. I would wear sunglasses around the house, if they hit when I had to do something (feed a baby, etc.) and couldn't lie down.

I tended to get the headache and sick feeling afterward, but the headaches were not unbearable.